growing strong sexual assault
center believes in the equality of all persons. our mission is
to provide healing services to victims of sexual assault and
sexual abuse, and their significant others, and to educate the
community in an effort to end violence and victimization.

growing strong views itself
as a social change organization engaged in a process to eliminate
violence in our society. thus, the most important goal of growing
strong must be to achieve its own non-existence thereby ensuring
that its objectives are not self-serving.

established in 1985, growing strong is a not-for-profit organization.
funding is provided by the illinois criminal justice information
authority, the illinois department of human services, the illinois
attorney general’s office , and the macon county mental
health board.